THE CAROLINA'TIMES — Sahnfday, Dec. IJ, 19SS
Hivingstone
I Lawaon avenue in Durham,
I young Schooler wm - aelectcd
I from several hundred young
(Continued from page H ] Amrrican college itudenU for
the chapel s stage curtains. j one of the 19 guide poaitioni for
Destroyi'd in th. blaze were the U.S. section of the World’*
the building s pi vi-s, two con- ^ Fair.
cert grand pianos and an clcctnc Some of his experiences
•rgan. | guide and tourist
Dr. Duncan reported that the reported in
college had insurance of $92,000 inters In the TIMES.
K.vering the l^ilding and an ad-j ^ Wittenburf Col-
d.tional $12,2 on lege in Ohio, he is scheduled to. i ut ^
The blaze return to school for the second blaze was caused by a lighted
ignited the bedding.
The Durham Fire department
also reported this weelc tliat no
evidence of foul play was un-1
covered in the death of 25 year ^
old Miss Lucille Ingcs in a fire
on Cozart Place two we!ks ago. j
Preliminary investigations had
in Europe: Riven rise to speculation thati
series ot the woman might have met her
death in the fire through a |
criminal act. However, Fire offi-,
cials have theorized that tho
Rape
cigarette.
around six p.m. Friday evening
by Livingstone junior William
Shannon of Elizabeth City.
He said the curtaius were
cblaze near the top of the stage
when he and several other stu
dents noticed it. I (Continued from page 1)
Firemen had to battle five ber 25. '
hours before the flames could be' The girl was examined by
extinguished. j officials at Lincoln Hospital on
-Mitchell
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his death.
Mitchell was a charter mem-
the St. Joseph’s AME
Berean Bible Class and until a
, . i December 4. ,
Chief Burkett explamed that Le^^y said that the girl told
firernen were handicapped be- ■
cause of the raging start the!
flames had and because the
over a
she health failed, a member of tho
waited until her grandmother trustee board
the Sheriff’s office that
came from a trip to Florida to
In addition to hii wife, liis
tell her about it. She is taken! ®ther survivors arc a neice Mrs.
Margaret Purvis of the home;
nearest hydrant was
block away. I care of by her grandmother. . .
“The in-side was a solid mass u- cajj her brother, Clyde of Durham
of flames when we got there,” 1 g.^^dmother came to see court County; and numerous neices
he said. officials on Deceml>er 2. ■ * nephews.
Th3 chapcl, constructed in| The accused, an 11th grader,I handled the
1306^ had j been brick yeneered^had been dHving the bus forj .
in the 1920’s. ' four years.
Tiie building, which seated This is the third rape case in
about 1,500, was being readied six weeks involving all teen'
for a lyceum program scheduled agers.
for Saturday night. The pro-
gram was moved
school auditorium.
to
high
Schooler
-Fires
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safety.
The flames .destroyed the
(Cnnt’n’ied from apartment in which tlie Mills
prra and in such grand style,” a lived.
library official said. | An aunt of the children, who
He will also report on experi- performed the rescue of three ot
ences in Belgium and other them, said the baby had been
European c')untrics. aslep when the fire started. She
C9nuncnting on his forthcom-1 went on to tell further of how
hig appcarance, Stanford War-1 she was able to get three of the
rrn’s chief librarian Mrs. Ray children, Josie, 3, Annie_ 4, and
N. Moore said: | Kenneth, 2, to safety. But she
“The staff of the library is could not get past the flames to
especially pleased to present savs the fourth child.
Ronald. During the summers of| In Durham, fire destroyed the
1955 and 1956, he worked as an bedroom in the home of Mrs.
a.%i5tant at the library. In this Ella McNeil at 1613 Fayetteville
capacity, Ije operated the film street.
projertor and assisted in other| An official of the fire depart-
-N. C.
Transportation officer Tom
my Gaines (r) loading the
Florida A&M University katt-
lers lettermcn as they head for
iL'unny Miami and defense of
their National Collegiate Foot
ball Championship. The Battlers
meet strong Prairie View A&M
Coiitge Panthers in the 26th
annual Orange Blossom Classic mer, Fort Pierce; Charles
in Miami’s Orange Bowl Sta-| Young, White Plains, N. Y.; Eu-i
dium Satuiday night, December gene White, Miami; Lewis lUce,^
13. Loading the Rattler Express Foit Pierce; Leroy Hardee Bar-i
are Willie Wyche (1), Willie tow; Willihm Davis, Fort’Lau-
Taylor, Tallahassee; L e w I s derdale; Eddie Daniels, Bartow;
Bruatwlck County, from
1938 to 1941 was a teacher-su-
pervisor in Rockingham.
Boy
The Rev, A. Edward Davis de
livered the eulogy at the funeral
services here Wednesday.
Johnson is survived by his
Johnson worked a_ - i .. ,
Scout executive in Newport wife, Mrs L. M. Johnson of
News, Va; and Charleston, S. C. I P»ne Bluff and one daughter,
from 1841 to 1947. [Ruby Ann Johnson of Durham.
activities. ment told the TIMES that the, . , . , ^ .
“In his own words^ he ‘en- fire was apparently caused by buiding located on Parrish
joyed the experience at ths li- a kid playing with a stick in a
brary in several ways and will coal heater,
not forget it.” j The child crawled under the
Son of the J. M. Schoolers of bed with the lighted stick and
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adjoining it last year when it
was rumored that it planned to
crect a new home office build
ing on it to take care of its fu
ture growth and development,
since that time there has been'
much Controversy as to whether,
or not the lot was largo enough
to accommodate the type of,
building needed for its fast
growing business. |
J. W. Goodloe^ secretary oJ
the North Carf>llna Mutual, toldj Effective Jan. the one
the Carolina Times here on year’s sub:jcriptioii rate of the
Wednesday that in all probabili-l CaroIJna Times will be increased
ty it will be two or three years from $3.00 to $4.00 and the
before a new home office build- single copy price will be raised
ing is erected and that it is from ten centi to fifteen cents,
hoped that tiie added space I „ . , . ...
which renovation of the Build-1 *" s«bscriptlon
ing on Orange and Rigsbee Sts.,
will relieve for the time being ^
the crowded condition whi»li pubi.cation, the TIMES
now exists in the presenHiome «"“"“Sement said in making th«
announcement.
Johnson, Bartow; Clarence
Childs, Lakeland; Lee Royster,
Williamsburg, Va.; David Lati-
William Lee, Miami; and Rlv.
Gaines. (A&M Staff Photo by
Horace Jones, Jr.)
TIMES Hikes
Subscription,
Copy Rates
or after that date.
The management said the
neWspiiper will continue “to
strive to 1>ring its readers tliei
ultimate in meaningful coverage
of the impoitant issues facing
our area.”
■Teachers
Bishop Love In
Greensboro
was
Straight Kentucky
Bourbon
4/5 OT.
Street.
Tthe present structur;
erected a little over
ago. N.C. Mutual’s tremcndolisi
growth pver tho past 20 years,
it has rendered the building in
effective in handling the liome
office business.
GREENSBORO
A convocatfon on Christian
Ihe increase in subscription Higher Education, sponsored by
and per copy rates became | the Baltimore Area of the
necessary because of the rising Methodist Church, will be held
ai Bennett College on December
It.
Principal speaker lor the
session, which will be held at
It 1.S the first raise in price of
the paper in over 15 years, it
o,- was explained. During the same’ in Pfeiffer Chapel, will be
rn.nH.t.m! ‘“c cost of newspriut and I
labor have risen annually.
The rate increase will not af
fect subscriptions already taken
by the paper before Jan. 1. It
will only apply to those made on
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I Three sets of state officers
were renamed at the session. |
Tliey include V. H. Ciiavis of:
Greensboro, G. L. Foxwell,^
Kaieigh, and J. H. Lucas^ Ox
ford, for the State Executive
Committee: W. A. McLaughlin,
Goldston, and J. M. Schooler,
Durham, Nominating Commit
tee; and S. B. T. Easterling,
Ellerbee, and L. S. Gilliard,
Durham, Election Committee.
"Our Community’s Future
Goes to School Today” was the
theme of the program.
Featured speakers included J.
R‘. Larkins of Raleigh state
welfare consultant; President
Emeritus J. W. Scabrook, Fay-|
etteviile State Teachers College,’
and President W. N. Ridley, I
FJiizabeth ttty 8tate Tea«hersl
College, who wa^ featjired
speaker for the aftfernoon ses
sion. ^
Holley, the group’s president,
announced that this year’s dele-1
tohop of the area. The fonvoca-
(lOfi Is one of many being held
throughout the nation in keep
ing .^with the denonUnation’s
qqiidrenniai emphasis upon
Christian higher education.
Dr. Willa B. Player, president gation is one of the largest in
of the college, will preside and the organization’s history. The
.^111 accept from the area a gift 1959 session will be held iii
Which represents contributions Greensboro.
Dr. T. R. Speigner, director
Education at North Carolina
College, served as coordinator
for the session.
from the several conferences.
-Speaks
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rington, Kyles Temple; F. C.
Covington, Centinel Circuit; S.
j;,judd, Thompson Chapel; L. P.
t*eny, Russell Chapel; Obriant
'Glenn Baldwin; Julus Alston,
Ebenezer Circuit and Reeds
Mission; A. McDougald, Birds
Mission, A. M. Gray, Longs Me
morial.
-Vote
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their letter asserts, "but it can
be done because It has to be
done or else we may find our
selves without public schools...”
Recognition that the schools
in their own communities may
be shut down by a referendum
should t»e an important factor
in stimulating increased regis
tration activity, the letter points
out.
-Sampson
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meeting last week.
The new campaign chairman,
Sampson, came to North Caro-
^na College in 1950. A native of
Sumter, S. C., he received the
A.B. degree from Morehouse, a
master's fegree from Atlanta'
University and the LL.B. from
Boston University.
He is a member of th4 N. C.
State Bar, tht Southeastern
Lawyers Association, and
Omega Psi Phi fraternity.
The Inter-Alumni Council is
composed of 50 members repre
senting alumni organizations of
the 33 United Negro college
schools in the area. The national
campaign is scheduled to get
underway in April.
-Johnson
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high school in Pine Bluff.
Johnson had been in Pine
Bluff for some time aftef re
linquishing his post at North
Carolina College.
He went to the college in
1947 and served as director of
the Alumni Association and the
school’s Placement Bureau until
1952. v_
Before accepting the college
job, he had worked As a teacher,
supervisor and professional Boy
Scout executive.
Johnson was born in Rocking
ham, N. C. on Oct. 14, 1909. He
attended high school in Durham,
N. C. and graduated from North
Carolina College with an A.B.
degree in 1931.
For four years following his
graduation he was a teacher in
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